Food for thought
It’s funny how some days you feel great, full of energy and ready to go. And some days you just don’t.
The Sunday morning run was to be a half marathon at a faster pace, because it was a shorter distance(!). This time, my personal trainer and I decided just to do laps of Regent’s Park – five times around the outer circle (13.1 miles) with a target of 1hr 50minutes. It was a beautiful morning with no rain, clear skies and for a change it wasn’t cold! Perfect conditions.
Unfortunately, my dinner from Saturday night still felt heavy and I just didn’t feel up to the challenge. The first 10km was completed in a reasonably speedy 49 minutes, but then I ran out of energy. The thought of another 11km in 1 hour was definitely not an appealing one.
I really wanted to give up but Christos was in sergeant major mode. By gently encouraging me (ok, then he nagged, cajoled and bullied me) I managed to speed up. It really was a case of putting one foot in front of the other and feeling tired but pushing myself. I crawled along but managed to speed up for the last 2 kilometres. The final time of 1 hour and 50 minutes was 10 minutes faster than my last half marathon but I felt pathetic.
Lessons to be learnt: maybe kebab and rice the night before is not the ideal energy food…well maybe just one helping would have been enough!
